She was born Oct. 7, 1922, in Toronto, Kan., the daughter of John J. and Sadie Alley Swilley. She attended school in Toronto. She also lived in Lawrence, Yates Center and Eudora.

Mrs. Rehmer taught school in the Big Sandy area of Woodson County during World War II. She worked in the catalog department at Montgomery Ward Co. in Lawrence for many years and retired in 1975. She was an active member of First Christian Church in Lawrence and Yates Center.

She married Kenneth J. "Kenny" Rehmer on Feb. 24, 1943, in Eureka. He died in August 2005.

Mrs. Rehmer was also preceded in death by an infant son and nine siblings.